A friend’s mother-in-law canned elderberries and gave me a number of jars. When I was married, I liked to make pies for the kids in early winter. I’ve always thought elderberries a bit gravelly because of the seeds. I might have been prejudiced because when I was young Mother made me help pick the pretty little berries off the stems. Yes. I love making pies and I’m a guy.
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Pastry for a deep pie, double crust: 3 cups of elderberries, 1 cup of white sugar, 4 tablespoons of flour, 2 tablespoons of butter
Mix the sugar, flour; sprinkle 1/3 of the mixture on the rolled-out pastry. Put in berries. Sprinkle with 1/4 remaining sugar mixture. Put in remaining and sprinkle remaining sugar on top. Dot with butter, put on top crust vents for steam, Bake for 45 minutes in 350 degree oven.
Delicious. The boys would tell me it taste like fig newton. Yoummy!!!!
What do you think about baking? Do you like elderberry? Do men bake or do you think its a woman’s job? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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